unformatted (B1)
adjective
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɔːmætɪd/
Definition
Not arranged or presented in a particular style, order, or format, especially referring to digital data that lacks structure or specific layout.
Examples
The software can only read unformatted text files.
Before installing the operating system, the hard drive must be unformatted.
She received a long list of unformatted numbers that she needed to organize.
How to Use unformatted
- unformatted data (collocation)
- Data that lacks any specific structure or layout. — "The system struggled to process the unformatted data from the old database."
- unformatted text (collocation)
- Text that has no special styling like bold, italics, or specific fonts. — "She copied the unformatted text into her document to avoid style conflicts."
- unformatted drive (collocation)
- A storage device (like a hard drive or USB stick) that has not been prepared with a file system. — "The new external hard drive came unformatted and needed to be set up."
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